The BEST system you've ever built !!!!


What is the best system that you have ever put together , from source to speakers including cables ??? After all the swaps and auditions I'm looking for the final "aahhh, that's the ticket" sound to you and what components took you to Audio Nirvana. {This is a survey of actual auditions, not what you read in a magazine} THANKS,
krellpower1

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I am going to vent here a little bit so bear with me.I have sold most things under the sun and as far as electronics are concerned Nothing I repeat NOTHING is even close to Gryphon period!!!Now some of you may say..well that is just your opionion....granted but I base my opionion on a sound that is as NATURAL as we can acheve with today's technologies.Rowlands??..sorry but..NOT..Krell or Levenson...I won't even take them on trade in!!Audio Research??..NOT.(Audio Recap)..all you have to do is send your unit in and we'll put these beter caps in and it will sound soo much better..Hey Joe,mabe we should have put these caps in in the begaining..No matter,better..yes..but still far far away from Gryphon.Wavestream..ok.. A hell of alot better than Any other tube gear...still not a Gryphon.Since 94 when I first recieved my first Gryphon they have been the raining champions.In fact as far as solid state is concern I do not believe anyone has even surpast Gryphon's first amp the DM100 back in the late 80's.Hey what about Spectral..It just doesn't seem to have enough of a human element for a natural sound.Speakers??.. there's a can of worms..If a large speaker is not a problem it has to be Martin Logan Statements...period!!...getting back to a more user friendly as far as size is concern I have 3,Venture,Avalon,Artimis in that order.Of all these speakers I only sell the Ventures.Wire there are two Gryphon for silver and MAC wire for copper lovers sell the Ventures.Turntables..3,Goldmond Referance, Rockport Technologies and the Kuzma referance.Tonearms??.. Air tangent and Graham.Cartriges??..Cardas heart,Koetsu Rosewood series,trasconfiguration.If anyone has any brands they would like a reply to feel free to E-mail me at JCLAY@aol.com. DBA,Sound Decisions..for those who can hear the differance.Gryphon web site is Gryphon-audio.DK I did not mean to step on anyones toes.
Here's a tip,when you go to a show almost everything is new out of the box.There has never been a room in 15 years that sounds impressive in my opinion.I also sell Aerial and their rooms have always been dark and unresolving.So the next time you go to a show take it with a grain of salt,If a system sounds good to you at a show it may not sound that good after break-in.As for a dealer that likes his own product this is true, but I had a long road to get there you see, I tried many brands to try to compete with the Gryphon gear(Balanced Audio,Threshold,Rowland,Audio Research,L.A. audio from Denmark,Jolida,Audio Inovations,McCormack,Simaudio,YBA,Naim,Melos)and came up with some wonderful sounds,all I am saying is I believe if you live with a piece of Gryphon,you'll never want anything else.I stand behind everything I sell if your not happy I will take it back.Gryphon dose not come back.It is the most tonealy correct gear out there today.
Sorry,I guess my point was also missed.What I was trying to ask is have you ever heard it in a properly set up room at home?You see,in your caliber of equipment(and what I mean by that is Price,price meaning you have to work within a bugget)You can not acheive the same caliber of sound.Now wait a minute everybody, I am not saying that at home most can not acheive sound better then stores.But what I am trying to say is that given the same peramitors of tweekability I do not believe that today as we know it Gryphon can be beat.Brulee:Ok if you want to talk tubes I would have to say without much reservation the Wavestream V8's.So how is Mike's sound these days?I have not been to his store in quite some time.
Brelee:Thanks for your suport on this matter.I was up in santa Barbara for 5 years then Portland, OR. for 8 years took a 2 year break from audio now I am in Scottsdale,AZ.The new Antillion Signature amp is so far beyond anything Flemming has done in the past it's scarry!We are talking an amp with Twin-tier banks of ultra-fast caps that deliver 400,000mFtothe output stages and 40,000mFto the driver stages!!!Frequency responce from 1-350,000 with a peak power of 1,200 watts(THATS TRUE CLASS A WATTS,NOT IMAGINARY CLASS A LIKE SOME OTHER DESIGNS)into a 1 ohm load!!An intergrated service log is automatically updated for a full recorded history of the unit(anybody else have that..not)This information and posible future microprocessor upgrades can be transfered via a special keyfob interface!!!It also has unique zero-inductance resistors with a flat ceramic plate etched with a thick film/metal film conductive layer which is laser-trimmed for precise impedance(another unique feature)The Antillion Signature employs NO contacts,NO sockets,NO current limiting,NO global feedback,NO output relays and NO protection circuitry in the signal path.The only internal wiring is a short lengthof GryphonGuideline Referance gold-embedded silver interconect from the XLR inputs to the printed circuit board which has 105mmPCB copper traces.I guess that takes care of ss.Desharpiro:In less the dealer in Chicago, within the last few weeks became a dealer I don't believe he is one.The Antillion Signature sells in the U.S. for 18,400,The Sonata Allegro pre sells for 11,500 and the CDP-1 cd player sells for 5,400(which was the first up-sampled cd player on the market,that's right the Danes did it again!).Gryphon web site is Gryphon-Audio.DK,my e-mail is JCLAY1964@aol.com